Good Years

by Ada A.

As five teenage girls congregate regularly on the holy steps of twitter.com as OG One Direction stan accounts, the girls’ fandom gradually devolves into righteous fanaticism. Being One Direction fans exposes the girls to their first confrontations with racism, classism, and overt sexism. In this cyber coming-of-age story, where memories are both ephemeral and archived, Dada-our narrator-, welcomes us into the...

As five teenage girls congregate regularly on the holy steps of twitter.com as OG One Direction stan accounts, the girls’ fandom gradually devolves into righteous fanaticism. Being One Direction fans exposes the girls to their first confrontations with racism, classism, and overt sexism. In this cyber coming-of-age story, where memories are both ephemeral and archived, Dada-our narrator-, welcomes us into the world of One Direction Twitter™.

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Good Years

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  • Cassandra Rose: Good Years by Ada A.
    “

    I was momentarily in the room while this play was being developed. So honest and cringy and beautiful and horny. It'll make you feel like a teenage girl again (or for the first time)

    I was momentarily in the room while this play was being developed. So honest and cringy and beautiful and horny. It'll make you feel like a teenage girl again (or for the first time)

    ”
  • Chandler Hubbard: Good Years by Ada A.
    “

    Enthralling, disgusting, beautiful and perverse. An in-depth look at a microcosm of the online world with its macrocosmic influence.

    Enthralling, disgusting, beautiful and perverse. An in-depth look at a microcosm of the online world with its macrocosmic influence.

    ”
  • Amanda Marie Miller: Good Years by Ada A.
    “

    This is one of the most creative and exciting pieces I’ve read. The playwright has combined the eccentric online world of One Direction Twitter with an incredible theatricality that emphasizes just how “Online” these characters are. I read this play as quickly as I possibly could, enthralled with the girls and with the historic content and I would absolutely recommend it to those who lived through One Direction Twitter and to those who couldn’t be more confused by the term.

    This is one of the most creative and exciting pieces I’ve read. The playwright has combined the eccentric online world of One Direction Twitter with an incredible theatricality that emphasizes just how “Online” these characters are. I read this play as quickly as I possibly could, enthralled with the girls and with the historic content and I would absolutely recommend it to those who lived through One Direction Twitter and to those who couldn’t be more confused by the term.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, The New Colony, 2020

Awards

  • Bay Area Playwright's Festival
    Semi-Finalist
    2021